Loom cam shaft bearing lifter and supporter



' JulyQl, 1931. P. LOVETT 1,815,739

LOOK CAI SHAFT BEARING LIFTER AND SUP PORTER Filed Jan. 29, 1930 P-w B401. Lm/ETT INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 1931 mama Qsraras LOOM AM SHAFT B ARING LIFTER Ann surron'rnn Application filed January 29, 1930.1 s riaiuo. 424383.

This invention relates to a novel support for the bearings inwhich the cam shaftof a loom-is mounted, the primary object of the invention being to p'rovidea support whereby f:

the bearing, supported thereby, may be ele-. vated or lowered so as to effect proper action of the cams upon the cam shafts.

rate rotation of-the shaft and cams thereof;

'It frequently happens thatithe gear upon the cam shaft does not'mesh with the gear by :which it is driven and theggears become broken, and therefore-the lnvention'has as a furtherobject toprovid'e a bearing for the" cam shaft which will overcome this 'disadvantage. p

Thisinvention also'consists in certain other features of construction and the combina-' tion and arrangementof'the severalparts to 1 be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention indetail, reference will be had to .theaccompanying drawings wherein I like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,land in which f I Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the support, embodying the invention mounted upon the frame of aloom and supporting one of the bearings of the cam shaft of the loom.

Figure 2 is avertical transverse sectional view taken onthe line 22 of Figure 1 look- Figure 3 is a perspective view, in detail, of

' the bearing-supporting headofthe device.

Inthe drawings the numeral 1 indicates in general a portioncof one of the sides of a r loom frame which, as usual, is cast to provide, outstanding flanges 2at its margins and, at

. the point where the-bearings for the cam shaft are to be mounted, being provided with vertical parallel guides 3. The device em- EQ ling base member 4, 111mm edg'eof which-is ing in the direction indicated by the arrows."

fitted at their lower portions in the openings bodying the invention comprises an attachthe member is disposed, Bolts [5' being secured throughopenings in the said inemher 4:. Q The member is provided with an outstanding portion 6 which isjprovided with boltopenijngs indicated by the numeral .7, these openingsbeing arrangedin spaced re- Jlation to eachother, and on a line parallel I to the side of theframe 1, and bracingflvebs '8 are formed integral with the outer side of mg jmgaiucs"[1,.

HoPs'oN r. LOVETT, or". oonurnirii, sourrrcanom va I arcuate so as: to rest upon the bottom flange '2 of the portion ofthe frame 1 against which the, portion 4 of the attaching member,v and with the under side of the supporting 'por tion'6 thereof, at the ends of the said supporting portion. v

The cam shaft of the loom is indicated 'by the numeral 9 and is mounted in the usual bearingswhich areindicatedby the numeral l0 and, ordinarily these bearings are sub stantially of frusto-conoidal form, and are ordinarily-provided with a downward extension 11, which engages against the side of the frame 1. i

The supporting member of the device is, I, i

best shown in Figure 3 of the drawings and,

comprises a cast head 12 which is of substantially rectangular marginal form and the under surface of whichmay be concaved as indicated by the numeral 13, the upper surface being formed with a'seating recess indicated by thenumeral 141 which is of the same contour,'as'the surface ofthe bearing 10, so that the bearing will seat snugly in the 1 recess, and thus be supported free from vibration. LThe supporting member is provided upon its under side with two threaded stems 15 which may be secured in any suitable manner to the head or'cast integral therewith and afterwards threaded, and these stems are 7 in the outstanding supporting member6 in the attaching member, and a nut 16 and washer 17 are fitted onto each of the stems to I be adjusted to bear against the upper side of I the portion 6 of the attaching member, and a similar nut 18 and washer 19 are fitted onto the lower end of each stem, and the nut is adjustable to cause the washer 19 tobear against the under side of the said portion 6. By reason of this construction, the nut 16 and washers 17 may, in removing the supporting member With the attaching member,

. be first threaded onto the stems and adjusted to an approximately correct position thereon, and the stems then fitted down through the openings and then after the bearing has been disposed in the recess 14 in the head 12,

. the two nuts '16 may be adjusted until the head is precisely in a lever position Whereupon the Washer 19 and nuts 18 may be ap'- plied to the lower ends of the stems and tightened so as to secure the stems in place.

What I claim is 1 A device of the character set forth including a loom frame and bearings for the cam shaftof a loom,"spaced guides-on the frame, a base secured to the frame below the guides and extending between the latter and laterally offset to provide attaching portions, bearing supporting heads having recesses ai dsnug'ly fitting portions of the bearings, threaded stems'on the heads and extending through the attaching portions of the bases,

andnuts threaded on the stems and "engaging oppositejfaces of the attaching portions of the bases to permit adjustment of the bear- L ngs relative to the bases.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HQPSON P. LOVETT. 

